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    1978 Nomad Trailer Restoration/Project: 88GMCtruck is at it again.

    work work well you guys can have that snow camping, ill stick to my weather down here in GA, the only thing good about winter is no bugs lol. I replaced part of the floor this past week in my camper, so im starting slowly. now have to work on my dodge truck, found the ujoint on the frt axle...
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    1978 Nomad Trailer Restoration/Project: 88GMCtruck is at it again.

    whats up David, I did the repairs on the laft rear of my camper im having to do it a lil at a time but new flooring under left rear bench now and rebuilt the area where the propane tanks are and put some caulk around the seams to keep things dry until i can get up some more money for the rest...
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    1978 Nomad Trailer Restoration/Project: 88GMCtruck is at it again.

    Ypurs may be diffrent than mine, mine has a bathroom and a closet in the rear, so i dare not remove them my buddy at the rv place told me not to unless i would replace the inner wall with another wall of some sort just to give the roof support. as much rot that is in mine a dare not remove...
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    1978 Nomad Trailer Restoration/Project: 88GMCtruck is at it again.

    dont remove walls I wouldnt take any walls out,there for support of the roof i have a friend who rebuild and repairs campers/rv he says never remove a wall unless you plan on putting up some other support. have you checked for wood damage (rot) in that area? mine is a 78 and tons of rot...
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    1978 Nomad Trailer Restoration/Project: 88GMCtruck is at it again.

    as soon as i figure out how to post pics of my 78 nomad ill do it. right now im enjoying a weekend of ruffing it.well umm we do have internet here lol
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    1978 Nomad Trailer Restoration/Project: 88GMCtruck is at it again.

    cool ill look at it when i go to Home de pot, right now im enjoying csmping in the north ga mountains, well its lose to camping we have internet lol, the nomad did great comming up here real windy today but it did good, but the only thing bad so far is my fresh water hose wasnt long enough but...
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    1978 Nomad Trailer Restoration/Project: 88GMCtruck is at it again.

    I was looking at the pex today and may go with that, price is rite, i have to add a city water hookup and for that area of the camper its only about 2 feet and the last owner put a t fitting there so im guessing it was to hook to the city water hookup, for that ill just use a braided hose.but to...
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    1978 Nomad Trailer Restoration/Project: 88GMCtruck is at it again.

    Ah ok, i have a feeling the grey stuff would be cheaper in price to may have to go with that
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    1978 Nomad Trailer Restoration/Project: 88GMCtruck is at it again.

    Even better than the braided stuff? im also looking for ease of use, i can bend it around corners and through things?
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    1978 Nomad Trailer Restoration/Project: 88GMCtruck is at it again.

    my water lines are running under the kitchen sink area,the city cold water hook up was all in copper pipe and hot water looks like riged pipe,but it is cracked in many places so the guy who had it b4 me did the cold water side in pvc. not to happy with what he did so im thinking about running...
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    1978 Nomad Trailer Restoration/Project: 88GMCtruck is at it again.

    thanks papperidge, well its not even hooked up inside so add that to my growing list of things to rebuild. I will add pics as soon as i figure out how
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    1978 Nomad Trailer Restoration/Project: 88GMCtruck is at it again.

    Ill post some pics soon, keep forgetting to take b4 and after pics, but will post some soon, question....where is your city water hook up? not shure where it is on my nomad?all can find is under the camper on the left (driver) side neer the hot water heater. the other side is the fill hole for...
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    1978 Nomad Trailer Restoration/Project: 88GMCtruck is at it again.

    hey that camper looks good now, and guess what i just went a bought me one a 78 nomad also model 2050, i paid 1,500 for it and its not in to bad of shape. but its my first camper so alot of guess and learning ahead. the cool thing is ALL of the origenal owners manulas came with it,stove...
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